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The next items on the list after the lighting is a skimmer and a chiller. When all the guppies are gone I want to put in some bluegill and small mouth bass to make a small North American pond setup. To do that, I will need to drop and maintain around 73 degree Fahrenheit water temp. By this time Toku will be around 5 or 6 yrs. old. I'm pretty positive the guppy population will need to be moved to another tank. I don't think they are gonna go extinct in Toku's tank!

I'm home for the winter. It got the pics for Toku's lighting. I looks amazingly brighter and the algae is really starting to look good on the logs. Heres the pics;

This is what the whole setup looks like....


I used anchors in the ceiling and eye bolts to link the chains then used S hooks to hook to the chains to the H5's fixture. As you can see I mounted the fixture behind the MVB lamp....


This shows the brightness of the tank and of course Toku is there for a pic....

Great stuff!!

Thank you. I like it!

Question for you - the heater - what kind is that? I need to get a new one for Sheldon for his new home. I'm just searching the brands.

Actually I need a new heater too! This one broke and was short circuiting inside the housing thank goodness! It is a Aqua brand sold at petsmart. I was hearing a knocking sound like a loud banging from Toku's tank one night last week and I turned on the light in my room to see what Toku was moving and he was sleeping, so I looked and saw the heater was sparking in the housing while making a banging sound. Scared the heck out of me, I quickly unplugged it! Thankfully, Toku and the fish were fine. I'm curious if anyone else has encountered the samething? I also obviously, don't recommend anyone getting one of these heaters. Now I'm on the search for a new heater. I can't really recommend one but would love to heard what everyone else is using. I of course need high watt. heaters. This would benefit you and me, cutepanda;)

I'm using an Aqueon and haven't had any problems. The only reason I need another is because it's not big enough for the increase in water.

Check out this link slider_keeper

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=35036

Yep, I was just reading that thread haha.

lol Still this thread may catch more attention.

Yeah, this thread has a lot of views, no one seems to talk much on it besides you and me lol.

Heck, I only talk on it when I add or change something. Veipa's build thread gets more conversation, he has cooler gadgets than I do, haha.

You have cool toys too. Anyway it can't hurt to try.

Haha thanks. That made me smile, lol. Yep never hurts to post stuff.

Welcome. Glad it made you smile.

ljapa, has an very interesting thread about lighting and recordings of the powersuns uvb output. I want to start trying different lighting bulbs to see what would give the best readings. I know the powersun seems to be a bit low on the uvb output. I tried to order a Mega-Ray but that was a failure as I never received anything not even a reply by Reptileuv. I think I'm gonna try the T5HO UVB bulbs next. I would also like to try a metal halide soon. I do admit that if Mega-Rays become available I will try one out. We shall see what I do next. But I do know, I'm not done with the lighting situation. At least I got the LUX I was looking for with the T5HO's over the tank.